diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 5bd80970f..b2bfcdeff 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -1542,8 +1542,6 @@ void DatabasePager::requestNodeFile(const std::string& fileName, osg::NodePath&
 
         if (!_startThreadCalled)
         {
-            _startThreadCalled = true;
-            _done = false;
             OSG_INFO<<"DatabasePager::startThread()"<<std::endl;
 
             if (_databaseThreads.empty())
@@ -1553,6 +1551,9 @@ void DatabasePager::requestNodeFile(const std::string& fileName, osg::NodePath&
                     osg::DisplaySettings::instance()->getNumOfHttpDatabaseThreadsHint());
             }
 
+            _startThreadCalled = true;
+            _done = false;
+
             for(DatabaseThreadList::const_iterator dt_itr = _databaseThreads.begin();
                 dt_itr != _databaseThreads.end();
                 ++dt_itr)